I'm finally upgrading from where, I assume, most of us started, just the standard store bought routers. I've always ran a half a step farther and used custom firmware, ie. Tomato, DD-WRT, OpenWRT.
I recently purchased an Dell R510 with an X5660 (6C/12T) and 8Gb ram, that after trying to figure out the best routing/firewall platform I settled on pfSense. Now, the main questions/concerns and reason for this thread. I'm planning on taking everything offline to put that box in place, reconfigure the WRT3200ACM as a WAP, relocate a few devices, and change a few ethernet cables around.
The setup as planned would be: Cable modem -> pfSense -> Linksys SE2800 8 port GB dumb switch with main PC and Media server connected -> WRT3200ACM in media room as AP with game consoles and tv connected. Hopefully it's obvious that "->" = hard line. I'm thinking about adding an older Linksys E2500 as another AP, for better coverage on the opposite side of the house from the WRT3200ACM, after the SE2800, since that switch is pretty central in the house.
Does this sound sensible? Any input at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I recently purchased an Dell R510 with an X5660 (6C/12T) and 8Gb ram, that after trying to figure out the best routing/firewall platform I settled on pfSense. Now, the main questions/concerns and reason for this thread. I'm planning on taking everything offline to put that box in place, reconfigure the WRT3200ACM as a WAP, relocate a few devices, and change a few ethernet cables around.
The setup as planned would be: Cable modem -> pfSense -> Linksys SE2800 8 port GB dumb switch with main PC and Media server connected -> WRT3200ACM in media room as AP with game consoles and tv connected. Hopefully it's obvious that "->" = hard line. I'm thinking about adding an older Linksys E2500 as another AP, for better coverage on the opposite side of the house from the WRT3200ACM, after the SE2800, since that switch is pretty central in the house.
Does this sound sensible? Any input at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.